Do I need toiletries for an overnight stay in hospital?

I am having surgery tomorrow to have a tumor removed. Best case is that it looks benign and is easy to get out and I will stay overnight then recover at home. I can't see that I will have the time to shower in an overnight stay, or is that something they might ask me to do as part of getting me up and about before going home? Just not sure what to take in with me.

I just assume that I will need toiletries and take them with me. Kinda like I am going camping and all the camp place has is water. I find I stress less if I know I have my things with me, even if I dont use them.

Good luck with your Op. I hope everything goes really well for you. Did you get someone to come with you?

No experience, but my general rule in coping with the difficult or unknown is to prepare myself as much as possible and do as many things to make my life as easy as possible. The more control I have over little things the easier it is for me to go with the flow for the unknown.

My mother will be driving me there but then has to care for the kids so I will be on my own for the stay but at least I know my children are looked after (they arent DH's children and as Ive said he has still offered to care for me and them but I would find that too hard).

My mother will be driving me there but then has to care for the kids so I will be on my own for the stay but at least I know my children are looked after (they arent DH's children and as Ive said he has still offered to care for me and them but I would find that too hard).

Oh thats great. Yes, having them looked after properly is the main thing.

I always take make-up for the leaving of the hospital next day and of course toothpaste and brush and all that stuff. Some clothes to wear home and you probably will stay in the hospital gown overnight, because you really don't have the energy to put p.j's on. You will probably sleep a lot after the anaesthetic, so trashy mags to glance through.

There is soap in the bathroom at our hospital. We have tissues, and there are toothbrushes and toothpaste available, but they are crap so take your own! They will probably get you up for a shower the following morning, even if you are going home. If I were you I'd take:- tooth brush and toothpaste- deodorant- hairbrush(I'd use the hospital soap and wouldn't worry about makeup no-one is pretty in hospital!)- magazines/ books- slippers, dressing gown, nighties, etc.

In spite of being in an almost constant state of motion while looking after the kids and trying to keep things together at home, it can seem as though parents have managed to get nothing on the to-do list done by the end of the day.

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